The Australian share market has posted its largest one day gain in more than three months due to signs the US will avoid a debt default by raising its debt ceiling.
Perth auditor Kevin Somes has been reappointed as chairman of Subiaco-based Great Western Exploration after he was acquitted of charges brought against him by the corporate watchdog.
Fairfax Media will scrap the print edition of BRW Magazine from the end of November as it moves away from its traditional print-based mastheads and bolsters its online business.
One of Australia's most successful information technology entrepreneurs has strengthened his business case for building a submarine cable from Perth to Asia.
Live cattle could be exported from Western Australia to China in six months, says Premier Colin Barnett, who has hosed down fears Australian animals could be mistreated in Asia.
Former UWA graduate Russell Waugh has stepped down as head of UGL's engineering business amid allegations he was aware of bribery and corruption during his time as an executive at Leighton Holdings.
Senior coalition government minister Julie Bishop argues there's a "very grey area" between work and play for travel expense claims as she defended charging taxpayers to attend a wedding in India.
Australian stocks have followed global markets higher on optimism US politicians are moving towards a deal to prevent the country hitting its debt ceiling.
The Australian dollar has rallied half a US cent overnight, reversing earlier losses after investors re-assessed local jobs data and the US political situation.
US stocks have surged on progress towards a potential deal in Washington to prevent a debt default, recovering a hefty portion of their losses since the partial government shutdown began.
The state's peak industry body has revised downwards its economic growth forecasts for Western Australia for the second consecutive quarter, warning that weak consumer and business confidence poses
Recent discussion of the transition from mining investment to mining harvest in Australia led me to revisit some work I did two years ago on the nature of the economic shock to the Australian econo
A joint venture between Bauxite Resources and Chinese conglomerate Yankuang Resources has withdrawn its application to the Environmental Protection Authority to secure approvals for a controversial bauxite mining project in the Darling Range.
Pay cuts, some up to 50 per cent, were the order of the day in the Business News quarterly CEO salary survey, but not all companies have been on trend.
Keeping people out of hospital can be as simple as a Skype session with a general practitioner, but confusion over who pays for what is thwarting adoption of such technology.
Shares in Subiaco-based explorer IMX Resources are lower on the news that partner OZ Minerals has decided to withdraw from their Mt Woods copper-gold joint venture.
There will be a recount in the desperately tight Senate race in Western Australia after Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn overruled his local officers and granted a request from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
